white woman
Alchemy (now historical )
noun
A substance regarded as the female principle or parent of metals, usually identified with mercury.
Origin
Late 15th century; earliest use found in George Ripley (d. c1490), alchemist and Augustinian canon.
- proselytess
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- proselytization
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- proseman
- prose master
- proseminar
- proseminary
- prosencephalic
- prosencephalon
- prosenchyma
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- proseology
- prose poem
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- prose rhythm
- Proserpina
- Proserpine